Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal
Clarinetist MICHELE
ZUKOVSKY has appeared many
times as soloist with the Philharmonic, both at the
Hollywood Bowl and at the Music Center. She has been a guest
soloist with many orchestras around the world, including the
world premiere performance of John Williams’ Clarinet
Concerto with the Boston Pops. Zukovsky also performs
regularly at the Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Society
concerts, and she has participated in several premieres as a
soloist with the orchestra’s New Music Group.
She has collaborated with a number of chamber ensembles,
most notably the Angeles and the St. Petersburg String
Quartets, and she appears frequently in New York with the
“Concerts at the Y,” Ravinia, Lincoln Center, and “Mostly
Mozart” ensembles. Zukovsky is active as a teacher of master
classes throughout the world, and she is currently on the
faculty of the Thornton School of Music at the University of
Southern California. She studied clarinet with her father,
Kalman Bloch, himself a former principal with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic.
Michele Zukovsky has recorded for London/Decca, Avant,
Nonesuch, Philips, and Summit Records. Her recent Summit
recordings present works by Martinu° with the Bohemian
Ensemble of Los Angeles.04/08
